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Campaign for Pediatric Ward – Civil Hospital, Shikarpur
Dr. Awab Alvi along the the OffroadPakistan.com showcases the dire conditions in the Pediatric Ward of Civil Hospital Shikarpur. Two wards with 16 beds housing 60-70 kids are truly deplorable conditions, the World community needs to help save these children and thousands more. Lets start with one hospital immediately and do more DONATE NOW.
All funds are collected by Pakistan Science & Engineering Foundation (Paksef) which is a California not-for-profit Corporation registered under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The campaign is being led in partnership with 4×4 OFF-ROAD Pakistan and Behbud Association in Karachi.
4×4 OFFROAD Relief Mission 1 … Sukkur & Shikarpur
Faisal Kapadia and Dr. Awab Alvi head to Sukkur and Shikarpur along withoffroadpakistan & SA Relief to deliver relief to the affectees in the region. During the trip they produced the 22nd episode of the Laidback Show
4×4 OFF ROADERS Mission 3 to Thatta
Convoy on the way to thatta with 20,000, (7155 of these packed till 2am last night) ready to eat meals comprising of one sheermal, 2 packets of chips, 4 packets of biscuits, 1 carton of milk, 1 bottle of mineral water, 1 packet of dates to feed the exodus moving out of thatta towards hyderabad Awab Alvi and Faisal Kapadia would like to thank all the volunteers who helped us till late last night, you are inspiring!!
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Flood Relief Mission #2
Submitted by Awab Alvi
As customary to our Relief trips to the flooded areas, Faisal Kapadia and I will be live GPS tracking and Live Tweeting all along the way. Our plan is to depart Karachi on the morning of Sunday 22nd August accompany a convoy of 8 relief good trucks, be joined by 7-8 accompanying vehicles with around 25 odd volunteers to head to Shikarpur. We hope to offload all the goods in a secure warehouse in Shikarpur and from there strategically disburse the relief to deserved people in the area.
As different from the previous CoverItLive we launched last time, our emphasis is to concentrate / share tweets from only the people taking part in this particular mission and the readers will not be bothered or overwhelmed by the other twitter chatter. Continue Reading.
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4×4 Off-Roader Relief Expedition: Notes from Kot Addu & Sukkur
Both Awab and I recently went on separate trips to Kot Addu and Sukkur, into just some of the areas affected by the flood. I think that by now, the scale of the disaster is hitting people- even Ban Ki Moon’s statement sent everyone scurrying for ideas and strategies to deal with the flood. The food relief truck I went with was organized by Saad Sarfraz Sheikh, an inspiring photographer and friend, who pulled in food through donations, and had someone arrange for a truck to transport it all to Kot Addu. I must also mention that even now, Saad’s father remains trapped at the PARCO refinery in the Kot Addu area.
I realize that we’re going through the greatest natural disaster that we’ve gone through- ever, and what’s more important, is that the world is realizing this as well. Rather than going into the usual analysis-paralysis of why the floods were so bad this year, or why the politicians are so indifferent, this article candidly shares what Awab and I have learned from our short trips into the field (Awab is more experienced with relief work, since he also helped out with earthquake and army-operation refugees earlier). I’m also cowriting this with him so that we share experiences from different affected floodzones. If you are working in Balochistan or Khyber Pakhtunwa or any of the many, many regions that we aren’t please get in touch or just write your thoughts out as a comment. No time for formalities here. Continue reading at Teeth Maestro
Report from 4×4 Off-Roaders and MCP Relief Expedition
Submitted by Faisal Kapadia
As mentioned in my previous post, Offroaders Pakistan has been collecting funds for flood relief for the past two weeks in Karachi. We received a tremendous response and with around Rs. 2.5 million donated. We loaded five trucks with food supplies as well as one truck load of tents and set out at 10:30 am on August 14.
Our initial plan was to go to Moro, Sindh; however due to local weather conditions not permitting and the need of food and supplies in Sukkur (also in Sindh), we decided late Friday to take everything we had acquired and head to out to where we were needed most.
This relief trip was unique since we constantly updated in real time via Twitter (@faisalkapadia, @drawab, @SARelief) and the entire trip was also covered by GPS updates.
Flood Relief Campaign for Southern Pakistan – Update
After receiving tremendous support from our donors both local and abroad, MCP club and Offroaders club are now embarking on the first distribution mission on Saturday the 14th of August, our independence day!
Distribution mission I
2 trucks of Food/Rations/care packets are headed to Kashmore area under the supervision and accompanied by members of MCP
4 trucks of Food/Rations/Tents/Care packets are headed to Morro and then onwards to Shikarpur under the supervision and accompanied by members of Offroaders Pakistan.
We will be putting up pictures as well as constant updates from our locations if possible, or when we all get back to Karachi on monday.
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4X4 Off-Roaders Flood Relief Campaign
The earthquake’s that hit Pakistan in 2005 and 2008 were regarded as the worst tragedy for the nation. Few have realized that the recent floods have in fact caused more damage then those earthquake’s did. As per latest reports official figures stand at 1600 dead and 12 million left homeless.
The Monsoon rains began two weeks ago and have washed away roads, bridges and communications lines, hampering rescue efforts by aid organizations and the government. The downpours have grounded many aircraft trying to rescue people and ferry aid, including six helicopters manned by US troops on secondment from Afghanistan.
Currently 30,000 Pakistan Army troops are busy in rescue and relief efforts. Where as the Earthquake of 2005 and 2008 and the IDP crisis were devastating, unlike the Flooding they were contained within a geographic area. Flooding has been reported from Kyhber-Pakthunkwa all they way down to Southern Punjab and Sindh.
There is only so much the government and the armed forces can do in the face of such a massive disaster and so we as citizens have undertaken the mantle of trying to add our little drop to the ocean/
To that end, SA Relief operating under the aiegus of Paksef has joined hands with Off-Roaders Pakistan to collect funds for flood relief victims starting with areas surrounding Moro, Sindh by distributing care packets.
Each care packet will contain 20 kg flour, 2 kg dal, 1 kg oil, and 3 kg rice,. Based on current market rates each packet will costs 920 PKR (Pakistani Rupees), that is around 13 USD (U.S. Dollars).
What we need is your help in raising funds, please donate generously.
Donations can be made one of two ways:
By depositing into Behbood Association Karachiaccount at Standard Chartered in Karachi. A/C#08-2315386-01 [PakRs] Swift Code SCBLPKKXXX or ChipIn via PayPal:
Online contributions are being collected by PAKISTAN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FOUNDATION, a 501(c)(3) registered California based not-for-profit organization, EIN# 20-2950808. For info contact: info@paksef.org.
Cross-posted to: Teeth Maestro, iFaqeer, Siliconstani, DeadPanThoughts, Sindhiyat